FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 03, 2016 CONTACT: Mashhood Qazi, Asif Panhwar, Ahmer Nadeem Memon and Max Memon. Sindhis of Calgary Gathered to Celebrate their Culture of Peace, Tolerance and Universalism CALGARY, More than 100 Canadians of Sindhi origin gathered in a local community hall to celebrate their Annual “SINDHI CULTURAL DAY” on December 3rd, 2016 in Calgary, Canada. Sindh is the home to the ancient Indus Valley civilization and is now a province in Pakistan. A vibrant Sindhi-Canadian community numbering in the thousands live in various Canadian cities. More than 40 million Sindhis live in Sindh today and about 10

Join us in celebrating and remembering Saeen GM Syed in #Toronto. #Celebrate #Sindhi #culture and #share a celebration with us. This #event is open to everyone. Bring your #family and #friends. https://www.facebook.com/events/828606307276273/?ti=icl

World Sindhi Congress, Sindhi Doctors Association, and the International Sindhi Women Organisation invite you to Sindhi Culture and Heritage day. Enjoy live performances, exhibitions, and dancing. Dinner will be served from 6:00 to 7:00. Tickets are £20 for adults and £10 for children 3-10 years. Join the Facebook event

The biggest event of the year in #Toronto, sparkling with #Sindhi culture, Sindhi dress coats, and Raag Rang Sindhi music from the singer of #Sindh, Rajab Faqeer. Join the Facebook event This event will include a symposium, tabloid, quiz games, and a #buffetdinner. Buffet tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for children. Under 5 is free! To get your tickets or register a stall, contact one of our organizers. GTA West Milton/Guelph – Dr. Chandler Shakhar – 647-281-4448 Mississauga -Dr. Shahad Qurashi – 416-770-1108 Toronto- Rizwan Issani – 647-994-0778 Brampton – Raj Bansari – 416-918-6022 GTA East Ajax/Pickaning –

We are pleased to inform you that SANA Southern Alberta Chapter, #World #Sindhi Congress and #Indus Association of #Canada have join hands to celebrate #Ekta Day together with the entire Sindhi Community in #Alberta. Join the Facebook event The event will take place on Saturday December 3rd from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM at #Pakistan #Culture Centre 4656 Westwinds Dr. NE. Cultural corner, songs, #dances, tablos, and other #entertainment has been arranged. Refreshments will be served. This event if #Free for all. We request every Sindhi brother and sister to please attend this event and show #solidarity with our rich

Join us in Celebrating GM Syed. We will share speeches, cake cutting, a book inauguration, music, and dinner. Everyone is welcome at this event. For more information email info@gmyed.org Organized by GM Syed Memorial Committee and World Sindhi Congress.

LONDON, UK OCTOBER 17, 2016. Sindh is both the most resourceful province of Pakistan, rich with oil, gas, coal reservoirs, and the largest tax contributor in Pakistan, yet Sindhis remain among the poorest and most disfranchised nation in Pakistan. The Pakistani Establishment has devised policies which have appropriated Sindh’s land, stolen its natural resources, diverted its share of water from the River Indus through damming and illegal canals, all to benefit its largest province of Punjab. These issues were the focus of the 28th International Conference on Sindh held at the University of Westminster, Harrow Campus, London, the UK on

Toggle navigation Foreign Affairs Committee JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING: PAKISTAN: FRIEND OR FOE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM? HEARING 07.12.2016 2:00pm 2172 Rayburn Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Asia and the Pacific Chairman Poe on the Hearing: “Pakistan’s long history of ties to terrorist groups, including those with American blood on their hands, is well documented. Pakistan’s military intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), provide support to various terrorist organizations, including the Taliban, al-Qaeda, and the Haqqani network, in a bid to exert influence over Pakistan’s regional rivals. In May 2016, the leader of the Afghani Taliban was killed in a U.S.

On March 10th 2016, World Sindhi Congress (WSC) in collaboration with other oppressed nations of Pakistan such as Baloch, Kashmiri, Siraiki, Gilgit Balistan held a protest rally in front of the Palace de Nations, the UN Human Rights headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The protest was held against the gross human rights violations perpetrated on Sindhi people, including extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances of Sindhi activists, forced conversions and kidnappings of Sindhi Hindu girls, state sponsored spread of religious extremism in Sindh, forced population movement into Sindh and misappropriation of natural resources of Sindh. A large number of Sindhis, activists, and human